Show COURT DECIDES IN WOO OF BERGER SOCIALIST EDITOR AND ATES IN ESPIONAGE CHARGES TO NEW TRIALS bench divided in decision on rad radical ical cases Major majority tty deciding judge landis was ineligible to conduct trial washington victor L berger socialist editor of and four co 10 defendants who lio were eie sentenced to ranging from ten tell to twenty for violation solution of the espionage nit act will be glen given new nen trials under a decision on oil january 31 by the supreme supie ine court dividing six to three tin re the court coin t held that ali it judge landis of chicago was ill in eligible ell ll gible ible to cond conduit condriet fiet the trial and should have dedred on oil the filing of nil an davit by 1 the defendants chargin duncing win him with personal nl blas bias mid and prejudice became of the nativity of certain of them berger beiger and his co are arb adolph Ger bernier nier nat national lonal secretary of the socialist party a natam of pius sla william milliam MIl liim kruss editor of th the young socialist magazine magny lne whose hose parents were eie germans Gei mans J louls louis jingdahl ling dahl anil and irwin ira in st john tucker writers filters and lecturers natives of the united states soitos find and claiming to be not af pf of im ined litte german descent the solo sole question before the supreme court was vas whether ther judge ann dis hail had errea in continuing to sit in ili the case after defense counsel had filed a properly drawn dran affidavit of prejudice six members of the court including chief justice white bield that he did three other othe r members justices justice day aney held beld he did not w A movement to bar berger from the seat gent in congress con giess io co which lie he had gustt just been elected from a milwaukee district was at once started representative e mann iann former republican leader being one ci of the bev belv influential members of the house who nho came out in behalf I 1 if of the socialist editor A new la election having been ordered dered oi berger ft is again returned turned le find and again tile tha house houe hou e otel voted to bar him to 0 within nn an after lie had presented 4 himself to be sworn in ili |